Climate March Rally on April 29th

Fruit of Labor Performs at Climate March Rally on 4/29/17

On Sat, April 29th, Fruit of Labor /GLAE members Nathanette Mayo, Rick Scott, Darrion Smith, Chris Macon and Angaza Sababu Laughinghouse shared their music. They also shared about the mission and campaigns by Black Workers for Justice and U.E. Local 150/NC PSW Union. They shared stores about the NC struggles against environmental injustice that predominantly targets people of color and the poor.

Fruit of Labor members raised slogans for “No Atlantic Coastal Pipeline” through eastern NC Black belt region/ native indigenous peoples land, No huge corporate hog Farms and waste lagoons, No fracking and No to Duke Power Company’s coal ash dumping in the working class communities.

Check out coverage of environmental racism in North Carolin by Democracy Now. This interview features the story of environmental racism in Eastern part of North Carolina. It also includes interview by environmental justice leader Naeema Muhammad, so is director of North Carolina Environmental Justice Network.https://www.democracynow.org/2017/5/3/nc_lawmakers_side_with_factory_farms

Watch a thought provoking film and participate in a lively discussion/critique/analysis on “The State of the Workers/Oppressed & Our Struggles in the Current Political Climate/Why we must unite the isolated/fragmented battle fronts?” Potluck Dinner provided.

If you love reading – suspense, mystery, historical fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, health/mind/fitness, poetry with a focus on African American and other writers of color; you are invited to come out. This month we will be completing the discussion about the book: At the Dark End of the Street – Black Women, Rape and Resistance – A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power by author Danielle L. McGuire; For more information contact: Nathanette at 919-876-7187 or nlmayo5@yahoo.com.